R.I.P. Reid Flair
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Ric Flair's Son Reid Passes Away at Age 24
By Justin LaBar
(Featured Columnist) on March 29, 2013
Tragedy has once again struck the wrestling world. The week started with negative health news involving Ric Flair who was taken off the script for Monday Night Raw after a blood clot in his leg. Now, just days later, we have the worst news possible involving another Flair.
PWInsider.com is confirming the death of 24-year-old Reid Flair. He's the son of the legendary Ric Flair. Not many details are known about his death, including the exact cause.
The passing is sad on so many levels. First is, of course, the loss of a person so young.
The loss extends to wrestling fans who have watched Reid grow up in some respects. He was seen on WCW television as an adolescent in a storyline with his family.
The passing also destroys the future that wrestling fans had to look forward to. Reid Flair's professional wrestling career was starting to pick up momentum, as he recently was working in Japan and many rumors in the wrestling industry suggested it was only a matter of time until Reid was signed to a developmental deal by WWE.
Reid Flair's sister is also signed to WWE's developmental system and wrestles under the name Charlotte. The possibility of Ric Flair being able to manage or work with his children in WWE was exciting and a very real possibility. Reid has always been familiar with the world of wrestling. He was a decorated amateur wrestler before training and taking after his father by working in professional wrestling.
Earlier this month, the wrestling world mourned the death of William “Paul Bearer” Moody. While sad and abrupt news, the passing in some ways is easier to comprehend of a 58-year-old Moody who had health issues than the death of someone not even 25 years of age who seemed to have all of life ahead of him.
It's been 12 months filled with headlines for Ric Flair as he left TNA Impact wrestling and returned to a working relationship with WWE. He'd gone through more personal matters do ented in the public eye, but had his kids following in his footsteps to be proud of.
My deepest condolences to the entire Flair family.